Dealing with the command officers of the Bastion is the best way to get at them, I think. They have so many grunts, it's pointless to strike at their main force.

Only the senior staff know anything. That's where we have to hit them.

We'd like to keep up the attacks. Keep striking at them while they're still trying to reorganize from our last hit.

• "There's more work then?"

The most important remaining officers at the Bastion are High Priest Rhipel and Highmage Wyron, but we've decided not to kill them yet. Instead we're going to send them a message.

Your task will be to eliminate Rhipel's bodyguard, Faceless Scop, and Highmage Wyron's favourite pupil Pale Narcis.

That'll send them a message. They'll know that we can take them down anytime, whenever we want.

• Accept.
• Decline.

Very little is known about Faceless Scop, so watch out. We don't even have a reliable description. It's said that no one left alive has seen Scop's face.

In contrast, Pale Narcis is very well known for his magical skills. He's reputed to be very handsome...face of an angel, soul of a devil.

Neither will be an easy target, but this is a critical mission for our strategy. Don't fail.

• "You have my word!"

Elram is carrying out the second stage of an operation against the commanders of the Lepharist Bastion. Eliminate Faceless Scop and Pale Narcis, bodyguards to the High Mage and High Priest of the Lepharist Bastion.

I've been waiting for you.

Did everything go according to plan?

• "It went perfectly."

Great! That should have put the fear of the five in them. Now we just let them stew for a while...let that terror fester....

Soon they'll start reorganizing the Bastion defences strictly to protect their own hides, and open gaps elsewhere.

We'll eventually eliminate Rhipel and Wyron, but they'll wreck the cohesion of the Lepharist defences first. Brilliant, eh?

Elram moved on to the next stage of the operation against the Lepharists. He asked you to eliminate Faceless Scop and Pale Narcis, in order to terrify High Priest Rhipel and Highmage Wyron, whom they guard.

You reported back to Elram after defeating Scop and Narcis. He was very pleased that the Lepharist commanders would be too terrified to be effective.